Benevento cannot look for any freebies from hosts Ternana in this Serie B fixture. Here's our broad preview!
- Ternana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Benevento haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ternana form and stats
Ternana have played 8 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Ternana manager C. Lucarelli and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Frosinone (placed 6th) in the Serie B. Stefano Pettinari was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Frosinone after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The striker Stefano Pettinari was declared "man of the match" for Ternana with a rating of 7.82/10. Pettinari scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that, Ternana had a home game versus Crotone which ended with a victory 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Ternana perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ternana as a small favourite), we find four games. Ternana has won one of these, drawn one and lost two.
Ternana are traveling soon after this match as the Coppa Italia match at Venezia awaits in four days.
Ternana have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Libero Liberati with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Ternana have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Benevento form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.
The supporters enjoyed Benevento's previous game versus Pordenone (placed 20th), a Serie B 2-1 win played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager F. Caserta when Giuseppe Di Serio scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. The attacker Roberto Insigne got a match rating of 7.33 in that game. Insigne hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Vicenza at their stadium, the result 3-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Benevento playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were zero Benevento wins, two draws and four defeats.
Benevento are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Benevento are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last four meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Ternana, zero draws and two wins for Benevento. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Lapadula 8 goals |   C. Falletti dos Santos 7 goals | A. Donnarumma 7 goals |
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| Ternana | Benevento | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 24 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 44% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 44% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 4.6 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.4 | 15.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 14.6 | 15.2 |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 29% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 44% |
| 14.1 | 13.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.9 | 11.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
- Benevento haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Ternana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lecce | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Brescia | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Pisa | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Benevento | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 |
| 5 | Cremonese | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Frosinone | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Monza | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Ascoli | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Perugia | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Ternana | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Cittadella | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Reggina | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Como | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 21 |
| 14 | SPAL | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | Parma | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Cosenza | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Alessandria | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 14 |
| 18 | Crotone | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 7 |
| 20 | Pordenone | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 7 |